Gangtok Landslide

One person was killed today when a taxi travelling on National Highway-10 from Lingi to Singtam in Sikkim's Gangtok was hit by a large boulder. The accident was caused due to a landslide.

Torrential rains pounded the tiny Himalayan state of Sikkim and the tea growing region of North Bengal, causing landslides which cut off National Highway-10, the main road linking Gangtok with the rest of the country.

Heavy rains for the past one week have triggered a series of landslides snapping road links at several places between Gangtok and North Sikkim bordering China, and causing major damage to a dam of the NHPC in the East District, officials said on Saturday.

Multiple landslides have resulted in the collapse of a National Highway road which connects Sikkim and West Bengal, resulting in massive traffic jams.

Fresh landslides on Saturday on two important national highways connecting Sikkim's capital Gangtok with northern West Bengal hit traffic movement badly, leaving hundreds of tourists and goods-laden vehicles stranded.

Incessant rain in north Sikkim since Sunday has triggered multiple landslides in North District, snapping road connectivity at several places including Gangtok, a senior district official said.

At least six people were killed and two others were injured today following landslides triggered by incessant rains in south district of Sikkim, officials said.

Incessant rains in Darjeeling hills have caused landslides in Darjeeling and Mirik, damaging vast stretches of National Highway 10 leading to Sikkim.

Land communication between Sikkim's capital Gangtok and its railhead Siliguri was snapped and the toy train service between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling disrupted on Thursday following landslides in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, officials said.

Around 600 tourists returning to Gangtok from Chhangu Lake, Baba Mandir and Nathu-la were stranded at 5th Mile, 15km from Gangtok, following a landslide on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg on Saturday evening, official sources said.

Sikkim Relief Commissioner S B S Bahaduria on Tuesday said relief and rehabilitation work is underway in North Sikkim district which was hit by landslides and flash floods on September 21. He also said that most of the roads that were blocked by landslides would also be opened this month.

At least 47 people have died in India, most of them in Sikkim, others in neighbouring Bihar and West Bengal. The earthquake, which measured 6.8 on the Richter Scale and was centred on the Sikkim-Nepal border 64 kilometres north-west of Gangtok, is the region's worst in 60 years. Among the toughest parts of the recovery is the operation to re-open N...

One person was killed today when a taxi travelling on National Highway-10 from Lingi to Singtam in Sikkim's Gangtok was hit by a large boulder. The accident was caused due to a landslide.

Torrential rains pounded the tiny Himalayan state of Sikkim and the tea growing region of North Bengal, causing landslides which cut off National Highway-10, the main road linking Gangtok with the rest of the country.

Heavy rains for the past one week have triggered a series of landslides snapping road links at several places between Gangtok and North Sikkim bordering China, and causing major damage to a dam of the NHPC in the East District, officials said on Saturday.

Multiple landslides have resulted in the collapse of a National Highway road which connects Sikkim and West Bengal, resulting in massive traffic jams.

Fresh landslides on Saturday on two important national highways connecting Sikkim's capital Gangtok with northern West Bengal hit traffic movement badly, leaving hundreds of tourists and goods-laden vehicles stranded.

Incessant rain in north Sikkim since Sunday has triggered multiple landslides in North District, snapping road connectivity at several places including Gangtok, a senior district official said.

At least six people were killed and two others were injured today following landslides triggered by incessant rains in south district of Sikkim, officials said.

Incessant rains in Darjeeling hills have caused landslides in Darjeeling and Mirik, damaging vast stretches of National Highway 10 leading to Sikkim.

Land communication between Sikkim's capital Gangtok and its railhead Siliguri was snapped and the toy train service between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling disrupted on Thursday following landslides in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, officials said.

Around 600 tourists returning to Gangtok from Chhangu Lake, Baba Mandir and Nathu-la were stranded at 5th Mile, 15km from Gangtok, following a landslide on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg on Saturday evening, official sources said.

Sikkim Relief Commissioner S B S Bahaduria on Tuesday said relief and rehabilitation work is underway in North Sikkim district which was hit by landslides and flash floods on September 21. He also said that most of the roads that were blocked by landslides would also be opened this month.

At least 47 people have died in India, most of them in Sikkim, others in neighbouring Bihar and West Bengal. The earthquake, which measured 6.8 on the Richter Scale and was centred on the Sikkim-Nepal border 64 kilometres north-west of Gangtok, is the region's worst in 60 years. Among the toughest parts of the recovery is the operation to re-open N...